Algebra for Dummies

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Summary: "...another success for "dummies"..."
Review: ...this book makes the infinite power of algebra accessible to even the biggest "dummies"... well organized and written to you, not "down to you" like most algebra texts... I would recommend this to all algebra students as a supplement to their school text and class notes... as a pre service mathematics teacher, I found this book provided me somewhat new ways to explain the topics of first year algebra to already bewildered students, and with a dash of humor that always makes learning more fun... don't let the title fool you, though... in my opinion,this is a very legitimate coverage of first year algebra topics and deserves substantial academic recognition... buy this book!!... oh I only gave this book a 4 because I had to give Geometry for Dummies a 5, since Geometry has always been my favorite subject and Algebra has not...

Rating:
Summary: "...another success for "dummies"..."
Review: ...this book makes the infinite power of algebra accessible to even the biggest "dummies"... well organized and written to you, not "down to you" like most algebra texts... I would recommend this to all algebra students as a supplement to their school text and class notes... as a pre service mathematics teacher, I found this book provided me somewhat new ways to explain the topics of first year algebra to already bewildered students, and with a dash of humor that always makes learning more fun... don't let the title fool you, though... in my opinion,this is a very legitimate coverage of first year algebra topics and deserves substantial academic recognition... buy this book!!... oh I only gave this book a 4 because I had to give Geometry for Dummies a 5, since Geometry has always been my favorite subject and Algebra has not...

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Summary: A Lot of Text for a Little Mastery
Review: Even though there are a lot of pages in this book, the number of concepts covered is extremely small. This would be better titled "Pre-Algebra for Dummies"; in fact, you'd be hard pressed to pass an Algebra I class with the material covered in this text. While it is friendly, there are other friendly books that cover a wider breadth of material. I cannot recommend this book.

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Summary: A Lot of Text for a Little Mastery
Review: Even though there are a lot of pages in this book, the number of concepts covered is extremely small. This would be better titled "Pre-Algebra for Dummies"; in fact, you'd be hard pressed to pass an Algebra I class with the material covered in this text. While it is friendly, there are other friendly books that cover a wider breadth of material. I cannot recommend this book.

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Summary: Going back to college...
Review: I had gone back to college and had not been in an algebra class in about 16 years...this book helped me tremendously! The book is very easy to follow and I found it short and to the point.

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Summary: not totally useless
Review: This book does have problems, the lack of exercises being a major one, but it isn't totally useless. It does explain some fundamentals of algebra in very easy to understand language and contains simple examples. I found this good for getting the basics down. I started with "Algebra The Easy Way", but found that it would give simple examples and overly difficult exercises, which only succeeded in frustrating me.
I would suggest Algebra for Dummies as an absolute beginners book which should be used along with a slightly more advanced text with exercises. One can always make up his/her own exercises as well.
Remember, this is a "Dummies" book. How much can you really expect?

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Summary: Great Overview and easy to understand!
Review: This book does not present numerous problems for one to work through. BUT it does explain all the essential concepts of algebra so that a person will not only understand the steps taken in working out a problem, but will have a firm grasp in understanding most everything related to the entire subject. This is a great supplement to those who are learning algebra for the first time, or those who have largely forgotten it.

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Summary: Going back to college...
Review: This book gives no opportunity to practice what your reading. Some important things arn't explained well. Can't learn Algebra without doing it. Book is useless.

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Summary: dumber now
Review: This book gives no opportunity to practice what your reading. Some important things arn't explained well. Can't learn Algebra without doing it. Book is useless.

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Summary: Great Refresher!!
Review: This book is great to refresh some of your not so great or long since forgotten Basic Algerbra skills.It dosen,t cover everything,but does a great job on the Basics.